Candidates for this years NHL All-Star game in Ottawa, Ontario have been released and the Wings are well represented.

This year Niklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg made the ballot with goaltender Jimmy Howard and forward Johan Franzen being left off.

Despite Franzen and Howard being left off, fans can have a write in candidate as voting begins Monday on NHL.com and concludes on January 4th.

The All-Star game takes place on January 29th.

Ref: NHL.com, Mlive.com, NHLSnipers.com (image)